More Scavenger Hunt photos

You will be relieved to know there are a lot less photos in this post than the owl post.

I am doing quite well with the scavenger hunt and only have 4 more to find.

I found a couple of version of #11 which I have already published.
#11 A cellular tower or a television satellite dish

#8 Someone plugged into 'social media'

#10 A College or University

 #17 At least 2 people wearing matching outfits or uniforms

I also found this one for #17

#13 A merry-go-round or carousel

Alternative B: Someone holding an umbrella     Here are 3 in a row.

So now, I'm just looking for #4 people playing a board game, #7 a turtle, #18 an overloaded vehicle and Alternative C: A rocking chair.

I rather think this is a tortoise:

And this is an overloaded front seat rather than the whole vehicle.

I've still got a few weeks to find the rest so I'll keep on looking.

Thanks for stopping by
Bernice

TMD: Shaped by Gratitude week 2

I explained last week how I made the backgrounds for this month's theme.

Here's the page ready.

There was a lot of white near the spine on the right hand page so I used a patterned roller to add the turquoise paint.

I printed out some clipart arrows from the computer, cut them out and drew round them on compressed cellulose sponge.

I dipped the arrows in water so they became thick sponge.

I really liked the quote that Mary used:
“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” ~William Arthur Ward

I put the key words on the page with the arrows to show the turning.

I drew round the words with coloured pens.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Take Me Deeper: Shaped by Gratitude week 1

This month's theme for Take Me Deeper, written by Mary Brack, is Shaped By Gratitude.

I like to prepare the backgrounds for all my pages for the month and I decided that I would shape the pages in my journal and use stencils with an obvious shape.

I used my Dylusions Journal block to draw the shape on the page just past half way across.

I cut along the line.

I held the cut page down and drew another line on the next page about an inch away and cut along the line.

And the same on the the next page

At this point I could have added the pieces I had cut away into my book but chose not ot.

I chose a map stencil and a hexagon stencil and sprayed ink through both of them together.

It wasn't as effective as I had hoped.

I printed the wet map stencil on this page and then sprayed through the hexagon stencil.

And this one.

I only used the map stencil on the last pages.

So on to week 1.   The prompt was about being thankful in all things.   But the thing that stood out to me was about our perspective on things.  I drew round a wooden grass shape and coloured it in with black pen.  I put the shape different ways up on the pages.

I printed verses and cut them out in hexagons.  I inked the edges with Distress ink.

Then using several differents sets of letters I put 'it's all about perspective' running down the page.

What's your perspective on life?  Do you look at things from a negative point of view or a positive perspective?

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice